IPB175 - IPv6 Basics - Link-Local Addresses

Returning with more IPv6 basics, we dive deep into that often overlooked and frequently ignored address family - link-local addresses. Link-local addresses are unicast addresses used for addressing on a single link. The intent of link-local addresses is to let devices that may not have a router or global unicast address allocation mechanism still be able to communicate on a network segment. On today’s show we dig into how link-local addresses work, what to do with them, potential issues with link-local addresses, and more.

An alternative to smokeping

I have been using smokeping for 25 years. It’s a great tool that provides a useful and unique data set. The thing about smokeping is that it does not really have a lot of alternatives. To that end, I embarked on an amateurish re-imagining of both smokeping and its contemporary successor, vaping in golang. Initial version supports ping and DNS and has a nearly identical structure to Vaping (why re-invent the wheel?

IPB174 - How Enterprise IPv6 Requirements Are Shaping Microsoft Windows

On this episode of IPv6 Buzz, we have a very special guest, Tommy Jensen, a Senior Technical PM Strategist at Microsoft who is on to speak with us about IPv6 support in Windows. Tommy shares what he hears from enterprises that are moving toward IPv6-mostly, strategies for dealing with older applications and devices that expect IPv4, and how the customer conversations he’s having about IPv6 now are more engaged and serious compared to a few years ago.